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THE AMERICAN PATRIOT.
VOL I.
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AMERICAN PATRIOT.
THE principles which this PA PER will
pport, are designated by its name —-1 hey
L principles founded upon an immutable ba
i whicli misrepresentation may for a while
scure, but cannot permanently afreet.: prim
jles stamped by eternal experience, appro-.-
bv the plainest dictates of common sense,
and recognised and practiced by WASHING
)U and HAMILTON. They advocate the
nor of our conn try, not by pitiful pars non
commercial restrictions, ana ridiculous
,’domoutude; but bv manly, adequate and
•cient measures.—They cherish Agricul
je and foster Manufactures, not by maim
rand crushing Commerce, but by extending
r. ards it a just and liberal protection—The
erstionof these principles have rendered our
uatry prosperous; and under then’ influence -
e ry branch of society were successfully eli
d'd in their various occupations—Our
untrvmen received an invigorating citcour- i
em*t from the correct and honorabh mea- ,
res of Government adminUtc red by a\V ASH -
GTON—their purity were developed, and
appreciating tuem, wealth and its conse
nt comforts and enjoyments, honor and
pect with their attending benefits, recom
:ised the justness of their ciioicc of Nation- ,
Rulers—The same cause, the exercise of
> same principles, will produce similar ef
ts. To assist the restoration of this cause
li be a leading object with this Paper.—ln
imoting tills desirable end; moderation, can- ]
■and truth will be rigidly adhered to, and
private character inviolably held sacred.
THIS Paper will comment upon with uure
ved public men and public tnea
res, irfd will endeavor to place in a clear
intdf view, the misconduct of the public
-rants in attempting to cajole, deceive and
dead tire jieople, thereby to maintain the
-li posts of honor, which their measures
>ve them incapacitated to fill ; and tj> e
propriety and incorrectness of their ‘fner,.
vs, fraught with disaster and rui’,i._: p 0
iish political deception and
‘■•k of truth ; to expose the peXiy t . s
intriguing and designing sa-.i, A nt j give to
egritt and i alents then due weigiit and
iuence in society ; and to promote the great
is of public utility and funeral welfare, b\
rocating enlightened enlarged mea
rts, will claiii’, the strict attention of the
oprietors,
TiH'. pure Arceri an sentiments by I
lich this pry,, t will unerringly be guided,
ill receive, no pollution from any foreign
edj s .cc‘ oons . xhe aggressions of no nation
a paliated, nor the injuries or insults of
} i power extenuated ; a just, an ingenuous,
candid policy towards all nations, which
itdains as unworthy the dignity of a great
rublic, and derogatory to the character of
it enlightened government, equivocation or
eeption, will gladly receive our utmost sup
-511.
-SKETCHES of debates in Congress,
[urine Memoranda, interesting Foreign and
lines tic Intelligence, Public Documents,
ri eloquent Popular Speeches, will receive
regular insertion. Original Political and
dentine Essays, will claim our particular
it.ntion—and gentlemen of talents, whose
bservation, discernment and acquirements,
rider their opinion and remarks interesting,
re invited to desse-minate the productions of
heir leisure through tins PAPER.
JOHN S. MITCHEIX.
CHARLES M. PRATT.
SAVANNAH April 14,1812 1
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THE SUBSCRIBES
niNDS it necessary lo bring all the
t_ debts due Lint up to the first ol’
<muary last, to a final settlement 5 he
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une next, will be put in suit.
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April 21 8t 3
The Subscribers
HAVE on hand, and are now
fening, [at their new Store, south
|de of Johnston’s square | an exteu
ive assortment of EUROPEAN, IN
>U and DOMESTIC GOODS;—
e U calculated for the present and
fproaching season, which will he dis
wjsed of at their usual low prices for
-ASH, COTTON, or undoubted town
cceptauees.
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Lord CHATHAM’S LETTERS to
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SENTIMENTAL ANECDOTES by
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Caroline of Litchfield; translated
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BURNS’ POPULAR DIRECTIONS
lor the treatiyiey,; 0 f the Diseases of
, oinpn ap -d children —l 2 mo.
April 2,'i, 3t 4
The. Strong Copper-fastened
Sllil 1 INDIA,
?V*ln Captais I' AIINAM ) * s daily ex
pectcd here, and will take
a Freight to New-Youk— either to be
delivered there, or to wait the event
of the Embargo, and then proceed to
LivEKFooi, pptr
JOHN CARNOCHAN.
April 24 4
B OSTON. the SLOOP SOPHIA,
Civp'i ain Handy, will Sail in
Six Days. For Freight or
Passage, apply to
J. BATTELLE.
April 24 4
FOR NEW-YORK,
|.4r The brig MARYLAND, N.
S&fXrGlifY. master, wiH meet with
dispatch, having considerable part of
her cargo enga^p— for freight, apply
on board, at M‘Kiniie’s wharf or to
DUNNING & CLAY.
April 21 3
FOR SALE,
Tis The SLOOP MARGARET
74 Tans Burthen can be sent
to sea at small expense.
DUNNING & CLAY.
April 21 3( 3
For BOSTON, The SLOOP JANE,
Capt. BOLLES, w ill sail THIS
SUJVk DAY at 2 o’clock. For freight
of 40 bales COTTON or passage, ap
ply to the master or J. BATTELLE.
Who has now landing from brig AME
RICA.
73 bids. Philadelphia FLOUR.
IN STORE,
36 quarter and half quarter casks
MADEIRA WINE, received per brig
Venus. ALSO, a consignment of (4
eases Men’s fine and coarse and Child
ren’s Morocco HATS.
April 14 t
Just Received,
A Fresh Importation of
MUSCOVADO SUGARS in bhds.
and bbls. and COFFEE in hhds.nnd
bass, For Side by
R. RICHARDSON, k Cos.
April 24 3t 1
Rum and Sail.
Just received by the ship Win feed. J ‘rom
Rhode Island,
20 hogsheads N. E. Rum
290 bushels Liverpool ground ralt
ON HAND.
An extensive assortment of American
manufactured Goods
Bedtick, Charobravs, Stripes,—
Plaids. Cotton Balls, &c.
12 reams Writing Paper.
P, H. & T. CRAPON.
April 21 It 3
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1812.
Dr. J. It. Berlhelot,
Has just received from New- York- by
the brig Eliza Lord, a quantify of
Genuine
Drugs & Medicines,
viz,
S ALT l’etrc, Gentian Rout,
Rhubarb, Fol. Senna,
Magnesia in lump*. Arrow Root,
Cream of Tartar, Jala?’
Ipecacuanha, Liquorice in sticks,
Camphor, Oy/ui’m, Gum Tragaeauth
trusses, Camomile Flowers,
Mercyi ?;, 0 r of Supplement,
* a -l of Lemon, Sarsapparilla,
v bid prest Castor Oil,
1 Spirits of Nitre, Therisque,
Henry’s calcined Magnesia,
Common do. calcined,
Oil of Cloves, Oil of Mint,
Nipple Shells, Breast crooked pipes,
British Oil, Essence of Mint,
Turlington Essence of Spruce, in pint
bottles, &e. &c.
ALSO,
The genuine Chalybeate Apparient
or improved Cheltenham Salts.
DR. J. B. BERTIIELOT. respect
fully informs the public, that
he possesses a sovereign remedy for all
diseases of a PRIVATE NATURE.
Persons of both eexea can.
deuce make use oi it. I lie advanta
ges of this remedy are, that young
men may take this medicine, and be
perfectly cured, without a discovery on
the part of his connections ; also, the
patient may, without apprehending
any danger, expose himself to the cold,
night air, and the rain, and pursue his
usual avocations, as it requires no par
ticular regimen, than to abstain from
the commission of excesses.
irT” Those who may apply to him,
at his Medical Shop, near the Ex
change, may be assured of the most
profound secrecy being observed.
April 21. 3
Rills
On NEW-YORK, PHILADEL
PHIA and LONDON,
For Sale by
R. RICHARDSON, & Cos.
April 24 3t 4
Just Received,
AND FOR SALE,
30 Bbls. Philadelphia Sup. FLOUR,
14 Pipes GIN,
23 Bbls. BEER,
5 Bbls. BEEF and PORK,
3 Bbls. BRE AD.
JACOB IDLER, & Cos.
April 14 1
Joseph Carruthers,
OFFERS FOR SALE,
St. Übe’s SALT and
MOLASSES in Illids.
April 14. l
FOR SALE
Now landings rom brig Maryland,
73 bhds. New-Orleans SUGAR
73 coils bale ROPE
2 Hawsers. On liberal terms.
DUNNING & CLAY.
April 17 2
Just Received,
1 Case light Summer HATS. For
Sale bv
’ EZEKIEL YARNELL.
April 21 6t 3
Icr A DECK FREIGHT,
for the Ship AMERICA, for New-
York, wanted, apply to Gaft. Hall.
or R. RICHARDSON, & Cos.
April 24 3t *
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF KF.DItF.SEN TATI YES.
Delxitc on the Navy Bill.
• February 28.
Air. LLOYD'S Speech, concluded.
Tims sir, although Franco unquestionably
should Lv tin first object'of attack—vet ad
hering U> the republican principle, that the
M ill ot the majority legally expressed must
govern ; and the nation vvill not go to war
with France, but will engage in a war with
Great-Brituin ; 1 am ready to admit that in a
war for honor, you have cause enough for
, v 'r against l.'rrat-Britain.
f am no partizan of Britain in opposition to
the interest or feelings of my own country.
Vt lien one of her navy oflici rs inflicted that
most outrageous insult upon us, the attack
upon the kiietapeake, there was not a man in
the nation who would have been vming to
have gone further in any thing, cursing and
boasting excepted, to avenge it, than nn selt;
nor did I ever contend fertile sweeping ex
tended construction that was attempted to be
given to her principle of blockade ; both these
points arc, however, now happily adjusted, an
atonement lias been made and accepted for
the attack on the Chesapeake, which it would
be the part of petulance and cowardice to re
pine- at, inasmuch as it would be urrpoach on
our own pusillanimity, tor having- received
what we ought not to have acceded to. And
the prinriple of blockade, has been s<> expli
citly laid down in the recent correspondence
of Mr Foster, in conformity with the estab
lished recognised law of nations, as to make
future cavil with regard to it, impossible.
I derived no pleasure from the bitter sar
castic retorts of Mr. Canning; iu niv estima
tion, much In-tter adapted for the flippant pc--
lulanceol the tea-table, than to the boudoir ot
a statesmen. Nor was I gratified by the di
plomatic manoeuvering and evasions of the
niarquiss of Wellesley in regard to the i.p
po-ntiix nt c>f a minister to the United Sial* s,
and ti revocation of the Orders in Council,
which in my opinion, are equally indefensible
in point of principle, wether they are attempt
ed to be supported on the ground of retalia
tion, or that of self-preservation.
I once thought C! real-Britain was contend
ing for her existence, that dream has now
completely passed away. And how is it pi s
sible, that a third and neutral party can
make itself a fail- object of retaliation for
measures which it did not conns- I which it
did not approve—which militate strongly
with its interest—which jl is, and ever has
been, anxiously desirous io remove—which it
lias resisted by every means in its power
which it thought expedient to us, and of
0.w.. turn., .nv> gem x maent of Hie neutral
country ought to be she sole judge—which it
has endeavored to get rid of even at great sa
crifice! How is it possible that a‘ neutral
country thus conducting can nuke if self a
fair object of retaliation for measures, which
it did not originate, which it could not pre
vent, and cannot controul ? The contrary
doctrine may he contended for by the diplo
matist in obedience to his instructions ■ by
the statesman in conformity with v/iiat he
considers the interest and the policy of his
country, but that it should now be supported
by any man of sober unimpassioned mind, can
to my perceptions be accounted for only from
the existence of a prejudice as gross as igno
rance made drunk.
Thus sir, to my view, the Orders in Coun
cil are. wholly unjustifiable, let them be hot
touted either on the principle of re t aliation,
or of self-preservation—they might not he
.untenable, if they could rest) whicli thev ne
ver could do on a revocation, a bona fide vir
tual revocation of the Frenc h D< crees; for
every gaiette from the seaboard furnishes
damning evidence of their existence ; and
almost every arrival in our parts showers up
on us proofs as thick as bait-stones in a sun -
rner’s storm. Amonjf others, look at the ship
General Eaton, taken when bound from Lon
don to Charleston, in ballast, exclusively
Americad; the memorial establishing the
facts, has been presented to the- Senate by the
gentleman from New-llampshire, (Mr. Cut's)
look at. the account oi’ Capt. U- Fevre, who
has just arrived at Norfolk, and whose v s .el
was burnt at sea by a couple of French fri
gates that had sailed from France after the
pretended abrogation of the French Decree s,
the captain of which told him he fiad orders
to destroy all Americm vessels bound to or
from a British port, but. that if lie capt ured a
British vessel; a vessel of their open acknow
ledged inveterate enemy, he could give her
to Captain J-e Fevre. Tile frigates afterwards,
did fall in with an English vessel, and the
French Captain humanely gave her to Cap'ahi
Le Fevre and his crew, who by tins means
alone reached the United States.
Look at the case of tint brig Julian, carried
into Norway, and acquitted after the payment
of costs —then again captured by a French
privateer and condemn and for this, among
other allegations, that if she were an Ameri
can vessel she was eutitli and to be respected
by Denmark, and to be released without ex
p’ence, and that the payment of these costs,
without which the whole property had been
sacrificed in the first instance, was evidence
of her being British property !!
Look at a case still more atrocious—the
statement of which I hold in my hand, and
which 1 have been requested to present to the
(senate ; its authenticity cannot be question
ed ; it comes from a highly respectable mer
chant whom I personally well know,* and is
supported by the process verbal, which f also
have; and other evidence of the tacts contain
ed in it.
It is the case of the brig Catharine, Captain
Ockington, and by the memorial it appeals,
that this vessel sailed froui Boston, April lOtii
1810, with a cargo consisting of coflee, sugar,
cocoa, dye-Woods and cotton, bound to Got
tenburgh, in Sweden, and from thence to any
other pert in the Baltic, v-uich on her arrival
at GoUer.burgh would appear to off r the
most advantageous Liiuxel. Ihe tessel and
* John Taker, Esq.
NO 5.
cargo Were exclusively owned by American
citizens, and were furnished with everydocui
ment required by our laws, or by the laws
and usages of nations, including the most um
pic certificates from his majesty the emperor
of 1- lance. On her passage to Gottetiburgll
die was captured by a Danish privateer, and
carried into Jahrsund, where after a detention
ot ten months and five days, she was liberate
ed, subject however, to the payment of costs,
on tlis- ground that she was bona fide Ameri
can property, and hail not contravened either
the law of nations, or the modern law set up
by the government of France, and enforced
under its influence and authority in otlit.’
countries of the continent of Europe.
Thus liberated after so long a detention!
and at att expense of more t! an four thousand
dollars, and thus furnished with the opinion
of a vigilant court, that she was liable to no
suspicion- th<- vessel departed from Jahrsund
and proceeded lo Gottenburg, her original
port of dostination, where finding her cargo
unsaleable, she sailed for St. Petersburg, first
stopping at Elsittetir to pay the Sound untie::;
m order to prevent any possible pretence
cither that she avaik-.d herself of enemy’s cou
vov, orthat she had made any attempt to etude
the laws of Denmark ; and it a-, iug- there com
plied with all the regulations both of Franco
and Denmark, and having also had the good
fortune tv) escape being visited bv Bi-.tisli
cruisers, the vessel sailed from Elsineur tci
St. Petersburg, when on the 3d of May, 1811,
she was captured by a French privates, duly
commissioned by the emperor of France, and
carried into Dantz.ir—on her arrival at that
port, he was'put under the controul of the
-•ill o’ Frame, and all her papers were for
cibly taken by the said consul and sent to
Paris, in order that legal process might be
tlu-re instituted against her.
In unloading the cargo, the most illegal
conduct was adopted—several of the crew
were impressed for the service of his imperial
lm.jt sty, and impediments were thrown in the
way of the supercargo, by withholding 1 is
pas ij-.t rts r. ■ .r two months, although he had
applied fur tlic m to the American charge d’af
faires, to prevent bis gviting- to Paris to de
fend the vessel and cargo. Thus situated, at.
a v . v early period, the supercargo make
known to Mr. Bussell, the American charm;
d’affaires at Paris, the circumstances of tile
capture, who applied to the French minister
if foreign :-flairs, and received assurances
frem him, lltat he lire! made a favorable re
port of ihe case to the Emperor. Notwith
standing this perfect knowledge of the case,
and tiie fa curable i port, of the French iniri -
ter, the council of prizes on the 10th Sep.
tembi r last, without hearing any plea or de
fence on la.half of the owners ot the vessel
and cargo, proceeded ‘.o the cr-.n mratiou of
them both—in which, after reciting that the
Cathrine had been captured by the French
rrn -cl ship the Jcnne Adolphe, and that she
had been libelled on the ground “that part
of the cargo came from Spanish and Portu
guese colonies, and that moreover it consist
ed in colonial articles, whose importation
was prohibited by his Majesty’s decrees”—
►that sir- I .id been captured by the Daius, and
acquitted by the Danish Court s, and that she
had arrived at Gottenburg, in wlSi h an
English cutter tvas then laying,JJbt whipli had
nothaikJ the Cathrine—alVr fccitiiig that
r,\essel had baited herfon her passage ,
the officers of which had spoken the English
langung” , that, tlu: captain supercargo and
marine's had all coneuneiUn she sc facts af
ter reeding moreover a complete list of all
the papers found onboard the Gulhrine, which
consisted of every document required by the
law of nations, and the modem usages of
France, ail certified fy the French Consul at
Boston The Council of Pri.. s preci ed< dto
condemn both ve-sel ami cargo, t allied at
eighty five thousand Bolin: s, ctl the following
pretences, if even sitcii tlu-v rnay be called*,
that “that the said brig ll.d anchored at.
Gottenburg, at which port their v. as an arm
ed English picket boat, and that this was an
indication, or proof, the cargo consisting akd
mostly of articles cf colonial produce, that
the san e wax in .he interest of the enemy's
commerce, that there was norm-son to Girt vs
that she entered tbe B l ie v.bhoin c.omov j
and if she were rot disturbed by toe nuir.fo.
ons vessels of tiie enemy, it was becauae. she
was an cue my'.; shipu.-.d: ran Atnevicav. mask,
and they then prgei.; ch.d to condemn boll!
vessel ar.d cargo, ar.d to decree that die cap
ture was good and i vailaWc.
Tints, if an Am-.-rh’ari v• - is cleared in
a Danish court a-: being; bun. uc- < cut:-.I pro.
perty but subjected to the . av:n of cent;
in a French court, tl c payment of tluis-- con
demns her, because sh .- aught to have btr-t
released without them.
If she lias met with going to, nr tommy
from an English port, vzl.■ ’her with a cargo,
or without, this is sufficient ground to cap
ture or and stroy her, if she has been spoken
by a vi ssel from her own country in the lin
glisli language, or h:- - ■ utered a port, where
an English vessel should be laying’ at anchor,
which did not pay her so much attention as
to hail her, she is to be condemned, if no
proof is given that site took convoy, it is
Edged that no proof is furnished that :,lic
might not have token it, if she is visited by
a British ship she is condemned—and if she
has not been visited nor molested she is con
demned, because her not being so disturbed
is evidence she was in the interest of thorn ne
my’s commerce! ?! Nor lias this been done
by an inferior Court, or by si i bun! write agents
The condemnation of tiie ‘. thrme and ca.rgd
was decreed at I‘uris by the highest Prize
court on the 10th September, and was con
firmed by the Emperor m person cn the Ffthj
after a full knowledge of the circufiisti.ru esj
after a favorable decision on the ca.-:e had
been promised by the French minister of fi. -
reign affairs.
Thus sir is situated our commerce, as it
respects prance —and such is the vki. uue of
the virtual, actual repeal of her lye;
Still sir if we are goin y to uf with lire: f
B; itain, let it bv. a real, t ftl <S|ital, vu,;.-
war. Give us a nv: l]force, this is the sens;
tivcNnord you cr.n touch, and wfcll Vo> id.
have more effect on her.than ten a es
Give us thirty swift sailing, well Sppointe::
frigates—they are better than *4’s—two “j